05-05-2025
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The Boston Globe recognized as Pulitzer Prize finalist in public service, editorial writing, and illustrated reporting and commentary
'As I have said many times, our best work requires a village of journalists to bring it to life,' Globe editor Nancy Barnes wrote in an email to staff. 'Such was the case with our Steward health care work, bringing together journalists from the Spotlight team, the business team, the health care team, visuals, audience, the copy desk, and digital and print designs. It was a spectacular body of work, and most importantly, it was work that served the public at the highest level.'
ProPublica won the public service award for a
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The Pulitzer board
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Globe contributors Ernesto Barbieri, a Boston-area nurse, and Jess Ruliffson, a graphic journalist who teaches at Boston University, were named finalists for the illustrated reporting and commentary award for
'Our editorial series on Boston public schools was a terrific team effort that made the case for how the system could strengthen its programs if it took the hard road of closing underused schools,' Globe editorial page editor Jim Dao said. 'And our finalist in the illustrated reporting and commentary category, 'True stories from an ICU,' was a beautifully drawn, powerfully written description of the everyday drama inside one of the region's ICUs.'
The illustrated reporting and commentary award went to Ann Telnaes, a former cartoonist at the Washington Post who resigned from the paper earlier this year after the editorial page editor
The only other New England organization recognized was Frontline, the documentary series produced by GBH, which was named a finalist in investigative reporting along with the Associated Press for its three-year
Linda Henry, the chief executive of Boston Globe Media, said in a statement that the recognition underscores the Globe's mission of serving its community: 'We are proud of the work we do and honored to see the depth and quality of our journalism recognized as a Pulitzer finalist in three categories this year.'
The Globe has won 27 Pulitzer Prizes in its history, having most recently
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The organization last won the
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